Brake-lever handle guard



May 15, 1923.

J. BESCH BRAKE LEVER HANDLE GUARD Filed Aug. 11, 1921 ATTORNEY M m w m Patented May 15, 1923.

UNITE STE PATENT OFFICE;

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BRAKE LEVERHANDLE GUARD. Application filed August 11, 1921. Serial No. 491,566

To all whom it may concern." Referring to the drawings, 3 and 4: are

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BESCH, a parts of one form of clamping device havcitizen of the United States of America, ing an opening 5 therethrough' adapted to residing at Albany, in the county of Albanyfit about and clamp onto the brake lever of 45 5' and State of New York, have invented ceran automobile. The parts of the clamping 1 tain new and useful Improvements in Brake, device may be fastened together and; Lever. Handle Guards, of which the followclamped onto the lever by means of the ing is a specification. 1 screws 6 or in any other suitable manner.

My invention relates to automobile'acces- To one piece of the clamping device is 5 r l0 sories and the object of my invention is to adjustably'attached, a'sby the bolt 7 or other provide an adjustable safety guard which is suitable means, the guard member 2, so adapted to be attached to the brake lever shaped and dimensionedthat'it will lie in a of an automobile so as to insure that the plane substantially parallel .to the handle I driver will always have easy and free access of the lever but spaced therefrom. 1 to the handle of the brake lever. In cars which have only foot controlled When there is a passenger occupying the brakes the safety device herein described seat alongside of the driver it almost invariwould be applied to .the shift lever which ably happens that the kneeor thigh of the in this type of car would be the one which passenger comes into contact with the handle would be liable tobe blocked by the thigh or 60 of the brake lever and makes itimpossible knee of the passenger.

for the driver to quickly grasp the handle lVith my device attached to the, brake of said lever, and although the delay caused lever of an automobile (or the gear shift, may be only a fraction of a second it greatly lever) substantially as illustrated, the guard 7 increases the danger of accident. member 2 willbe interposed between the 65 To eliminate this accidental contact behandle of the lever and the thigh or knee. tween the handle of the brake lever and the of the passenger occupying the seat alongknee or thigh of the passenger, I have in side thedriver and the handle willalways vented an adjustable guard which is capable be exposed so as to be easily accessible. of being easily attached to the brake" lever I claim: of an automobile so as to prevent such con- The combination with the brake lever of. tact and insure that the handle thereof is an automobile of a guard member attached constantly exposed so that it may be quickly thereto so as to interpose between the" grasped by the driver. I handle ofsaid lever and the limbs of-a My brake lever handle guard is illustrated passenger occupying the seat alongside of 7 i in the accompanying drawings, in which: the driver. I I s Fig. 1 is aperspective view illustrating In testimonywhereofl have aflixed my I my device applied to the brake lever of an signature. y automobile.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device. I I JOSEPH BESCH; t 40 The same reference characters refer to I I I I v the same parts throughout the several views. 

